Dog Owners Tell Funny Stories of Dogs Who Never Forgot the Times They Found Food Outside

Determined, hopeful, persistent. Those are just a few of the words describing the dogs recently described in a charming Twitter thread about dogs and their long memories for the unexpected treats they’ve found while out exploring.

One reader went as far as to declare it “the most adorable thread ever and an enduring testament to the undying optimism of all dogs! A real treat to read.”

It all began when Chris Bramwell tweeted a picture of his dog Dusty with his nose in a bush. He wrote, “A month ago Dusty found half a pie in this bush, so every day until the end of time we must closely inspect the Magic Pie Bush.”

A month ago Dusty found half a pie in this bush, so every day until the end of time we must closely inspect the Magic Pie Bush. pic.twitter.com/XonAojEU12

Dogs are scavengers by nature, and it seems that Dusty has been struck by that hope that lingers in the memory of every dog who is lucky enough to find a forbidden treat. And many dog owners identified with Chris and his story of Dusty.

Soon after, @WilcoFour responded with a picture of his own dog, Devo, who once happened upon a piece of lasagna in the shrubbery. He responded, “Mine found a lasagna in a bush in a graveyard 4 years ago and to this day he still runs miles ahead to search the same spot on the rare times we go back.”

He made sure to back up the claim with a photo of the scene of Devo’s devotion.

Our beagle (RIP) missed a snausage catch and it bounced off his snoot and went under the fridge. When I swept it out, a second, petrified snausage came with it. He sat in front of the magical snausage replicator fridge, waiting, for weeks…

My dad’s beagle George (seen here as Batdog) checks the same bench he once found an abandoned bag of chips under every time he goes past it. This has gone on for approx 2 years pic.twitter.com/kRNctu0EDP

Walking in NYC years ago, well-dressed woman comes out of restaurant at Plaza Hotel, asks if she can give my dog a treat. Pulls 8 oz steak from her purse. Note: Not all well-dressed women in NYC enjoy having their purses inspected, but that didn't stop Bailey. For. 8. years.

Linda Rodriguez sums up the pithy wisdom of dogs and their eternal hope perfectly. “The glass is never half-empty for dogs,” she tweeted. “It’s never even empty when nothing’s in it, if it’s once been full.”